President S Daily Brief

CIA declassifies 71 President's Daily Briefs tied to 9/11 for 25th anniversary

The CIA, under Director John Ratcliffe, has publicly released 71 President's Daily Brief intelligence products covering the period before and immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The release, timed to the 25th anniversary of 9/11, totals more than 100 pages and marks the agency's largest disclosure of PDB material on the attacks to date, showing how analysts tracked al-Qa'ida and Usama Bin Ladin despite limited intelligence.

cia.gov · 2026-09-11

Government releases dozens of 1998-99 President's Daily Briefs warning of bin Laden threat

A batch of declassified President's Daily Brief items spanning February 1998 through mid-1999 has been released, documenting repeated CIA warnings about Osama bin Laden's network. The documents track intelligence on bin Laden's location, his pursuit of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, infrastructure in North America, and plans to hijack US aircraft, among other threats.

cia.gov · 2026-09-11